Children undergoing radiotherapy often face intense fear and anxiety due to the intimidating environment of large machines, loud machine noise, and being alone in the treatment room. To combat this, a multidisciplinary team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), comprising experts from the Department of Health Technology and Informatics and the Industrial Centre, has leveraged cutting-edge mixed reality technology at the Hybrid Immersive Virtual Environment (HiVE) to create a more reassuring setting for children during radiotherapy preparation.

Urban navigation has undergone substantial technological advancements in recent decades, enhancing smart living environments while improving human life. With his ongoing research in this impactful field covering location-based services and navigation and positioning technologies, Dr HSU Li-Ta, Associate Head and Associate Professor of the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, and Limin Young Scholar in Aerospace Navigation of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has received an unrestricted grant from Google to advance research in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and sensor fusion technologies.

Karen Pope, aquatic ecologist with the USDA Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) is passionate about restoring meadows.

“Meadows are some of the most productive ecosystems on the planet. They hold and store water, absorb carbon and provide wildlife habitat. And these are just a few benefits that healthy meadows provide,” Pope said.

Pope and PSW colleague Adam Cummings estimate that historically more than three times as many meadows existed as do today. But mining, grazing, fire suppression and other land uses degraded meadows, and in some cases, eliminated them altogether.

To address this daunting challenge, Pope helped launch the California Process Based Restoration Network, with a mission to bring natural resource professionals together to promote and advance process-based restoration in California.

Individuals take a bigger interest in climate change when it feels personally relevant, with audiovisual sources being the best media tool to deliver this message, notes SMU Associate Professor Sonny Rosenthal.

A three-year research project at SMU has created and validated a new elective module that merges mindfulness training with positive psychology to foster students' personal growth and wellbeing.

A project led by SMU Associate Professor Shengfeng He resolves the issue of separating style and identity in the manipulation of character art, offering new flexibility for creators of AI-driven imagery.

SMU Assistant Professor Ma Lin is first in the world to develop a robust model for measuring the quality of road and rail infrastructure networks using design speeds.

SMU Associate Professor Liu Nengye hopes his longstanding research into marine conservation law and policy can help lead the world to a peaceful and sustainable coexistence with its oceans.

SMU Assistant Professor Ohjae Gowen finds link between dads helping out at home and mums returning to work and having a second child.